Ground engaging vehicle brake



y 5, 1942- c. NICHOL 2,282,202

7 GROUND ENGAGING VEHICLE BRAKE Filed Dec. 4, 1941 b 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 6 [Via]? 0i May 5, 1942. c. NICHOL 2,282,202

GROUND ENGAGING VEHICLE BRAKE F iled Dec. 4, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 5, 1942 i PATENT aOEFlCE tGROIINDZ ENGAGING VEHICLE-BRAKE "Clinton Nichol, Morrison, Okla.

nilpplication. December 4, 19.41; Serial-No.-.421,6t76 fiffllainis. ,(Cl. 1885) This inuentionrrelates'tm a novel, brake .atta-chment forr-landvehiclesnandwmore; particularly to anovel construction of ground engagingbrake for use on motor vehicles as an auxiliary brake.

More particularly, :it :-is:'an1aim7 of thevinvention will hereinafter become more dullyiapparent i from the following description oiithe' drawings, whichillustrate. a .preferred:.;embodiment; thereof, and wherein: v

Figure. l. is a. .side-.elerationalNiewtshowing. .the brake attachment applied .tot a. connentionalmotor vehicle, which.-is.shownpartlyjmside'elevation and. partly in. section, -.to .fullylilhistrate. ,the application, ofjthe brake. 'attacl'iment, I

Figure. 2,15 a,b'ottom plan .iview. LshowingLthe invention applied andiin a. retractedposition,

"Figure 3 is angend Jdewjintelevation otthe brake attachment, looking. toward the rear .end of the motor vehicle, and' showing the brake shoes in ground engaging positions,

Figure 4 is' a-sectional-view of a part of the brake attachment, 'talren' substantially along a plane I indicated by- -the line'- 4-" -4- f "Figure" 3, and showing one of v:therl'nake": shoes,.:in 1side" elevation and; inv a" .futly applied; positiony and Figure: 5. is a1detail sectional-view.takenusubstantially along .the planemofwthe line' 5-.-5. of

Figure 1.

- Referring -more particularly; to, the..-drawings, whereinlike reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughoutthe .-.difierent views, 1 -.l 0... designates generally .a conventional motor-vehicle having a fronta'xle or axlehousing .II and a rear axle.or axle housing l2, an operato'rs .se'at" l,3,-a steering wheel? HI, and a floor board 15. "These partsyprevi'ously'referred to, of the 'motorvehicle Hr areillustratedand described merely to-hetterillustrate="the application of the ground engaging br'akeattachment, designated generally 16' and comprising the :invention,' and which will hereinafter be. described. The brakemattachmentrlfi includes pairsqof clamps 11 including; -fastenings=.-|8;;by means of which the-clamps. Haare detachahly. mounted on the: axlescrxa-xie housings -l L and :12. A .pair of-1 the clamps I1: are ';monnted.-.on .ecach of .the

axles or axle-housings Hand 12; and .--each-of the clamps l'l-is provided with a depending hearing portion IS.

*A shaft: 20 .ds-disposedxbeneatlr the-axle I hand is journaled, a I intermediate-. of, yen'ds, r inr :the bearingsl9 which form parts of" :the :clamps I! attached to the axle ll. Between-the said-bearings: -l 9, the. shaft 20 ais provided' with: a". crank portion 2| and beyond said bearings 19 ,tthe1-ends of ,ther'shaft. 20-.are bent: to;.-provideangularly projecting substantially parallel portions 2 2.

A.-=shait..23-, is disposed beneath the rearraxle housing. I Z and; is zjournaled intermediate-:- of its .endsin rtherbearings l 9:-.of- ;the clamps I! which are attached..-thereto. ziT-he shait. 23,1:is 2prorided with a. crank; portiom 24a-.whichrsisridispcsedolmtween-r said dash. mentionedr-z-hearings 1 9; and :in longitudinal. alinement with :themrank 2 l 'JI'he .shaft 23 isa, als'o provided withwanaoutwardly' :howed arcuatelyashaped portion- 25;.wh-ich 1sdisposedaround and spaced. .from' thendifferential 26 of the rear axle housing [2. The endsrofothe shaft23, beyond rthelast mentioned-bearings I9, are-bent-to .form'angulariportions 21.-correspondingto the portions 22.

. The brakeiattachmentz A 6, includes four; correspondinghrake shoes--28 from the upperi-end of .each .ofiwhich. projects. an-elong-ated socket 29 having. a .transverse .,opening,-.inot? showny, for; a purpose which will .thereinafgtersv be-described. .Each oft thessockets .29 .is adapted to. .lo.osely-.. ena e over-anangnlar p rtion. 221cc 2T to:-.combine therewith- ,to iorm:v aatelescoping standard,

designated: generally 30, ct. abrake shoe -28. 'Ihe angular-portions, 22. and; 21+.are;provided-with a plurality of.. longitudina11yspaced openings 3 I Whichare adapted to,. belselectively alined;--with .the openings, .not..shown,- ,of .the sockets -29.-for

receiving nutrandboltiastenings 32afor. holding .the sisandardsifio .iniadjusted positions. -It-will thus. be seen .that the/standards 3ll;may-be.-readily adjusted in length.

.The brake ,shoes .2 8,.a're each ,provided with an outwardly bowed .forward and under part .33 which. is provided with-transverse .ribs or; serra- .tions as..clearlydllustratedin Eigures,1,'-2 and. 4, and whichlformsthe ground. engaging portion of the. brake .shoe.

. Referring to Figure. 1,. aishafti Skisjournaled .in. the vframeiof. .the, motor; vehicle I 0 and is disposed, in. an upright position and has its upper end projecting..upwardly. through .the floor board '15. A crank ,35. -is.key.ed,to .thempper. end.of. .the

shaft 34.. .andis ..disposed...adjacent.;t1ie:-..steering wheel '14 so that the ope ato of the-motorcycafter become apparent. A reel or Windlass 36 is keyed to the lower end of the shaft 34' and is disposed below the floor board I5. A cable 31 has one end secured to and wound one or more times on the reel 33. The opposite end of the cable 31 is attached to the crank 24. A link or connecting rod 38 is pivotally connected at one end to the crank 24 and at its opposite end to the crank 2| to cause said cranks to swing as a unit to thereby cause the shafts 20 and 23 to be rotated in unison in the same direction.

A contractile coil spring 39 is attached at one end thereof by means of an eye 40 to the vehicle llLadjacent the rear end thereof, and rearwardly of the axle housing l2. The opposite end of the spring 39 is connected to the crank 24, as best pull the cranks 2| and 24 rearwardly to thereby urge the brake shoes 28 rearwardly and up wardly to raised, inoperative positions, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. 1 By manually turning the crank 35 in a clockwise direction; the cable 31 will be wound onto the reel 36 to thereby swing the cranks 2| and 24 forwardly to'cause theshafts 20 and 23 to be turned in'clockwise directions, asseen in Figure 1, to swing the brake shoes 28 forwardly and downwardly to cause their ground engaging serrated portions 33 to contact the surface 4| over which the wheels of the vehicle III are moving to stop the vehicle. It will be obvious that the engaging surfaces 33 are shaped so that they will readily ride over ruts or humps, not shown, on a roadway or surface 4| so that such irregularities will not form obstructions that might damage the brake shoes. When the brake shoes 28 are in fully applied positions, as seen in Figure 4, the ground wheels of the vehicle II] will be elevated off of the surface 4| and in this position the brake attachment I6 can be used for rounded ground engaging surfaces 33 are so shaped that various portions thereof will engage the surface 4| from the time that the shoes 28 initially engage the surface 4|, as illustrated in Figure 3,-until the shoes are moved tofully 'lowered'positions, as seen in Figure 4, in which latter positions the wheels of the vehicle III will -34 from turning in a counterclockwise direction when the dog 43 is in a projected position. The dog 43 is provided with an upstanding lug 46 at its opposite end and isadapted to be operated by the foot of the operator of the vehicle H] for releasing the ratchet wheel 42 .so that the spring 39 can raise the shoes 28 and in so doing will "unwind the cable 3! from the reel 36 and turn the shaft 34 in a counterclockwise direction. By

means of the dog and ratchet wheel shown in Figure 5, it will be readily apparent that the brake Hi can be set in an applied position to. function as a parking brake.

The sockets 29 of the rear brake shoes 28 are provided'with rearwardly extending eyelets 41 and the rear portion of the vehicle I0 is providedwith dependingeyelets 48. Chains 49 are attached at their ends to the adjacent eyelets 41 and 48 and are of sufiicient length .to permit thebrake shoes 28 to swing downwardly to the the axles and I2 to'prevent any possibility of the brake shoes swinging to positions where they could not readily be released by the operation of the spring 39.

supporting the vehicle while a tire is changed or a wheel is replaced, and in this position the brake attachment IE will function effectively to prevent the vehicle In from coasting either forwardly or rearwardly down a steep incline where the conventional vehicle brakes areinsufiicient for this purpose.

It will be obvious that the standards 30 may be adjusted in length to accommodate the brake attachment IE to axles which set at different elevations and to adjustably position the shoes 28 relatively to the axles of the vehicle so that the ground engaging surfaces 33 will properly contactthe ground, when applied.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to as only a preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed.

I claim as my invention:'

1. A brake attachment for wheeled vehicles comprising clamps connected to the front and rear axles of a wheeled vehicle and provided with depending bearingportions, a shaft disposed beneath each of the axles and journaled in the bearing portions of the clamps attached thereto, said shafts having angularly projecting substantially parallel ends, ground engaging brake shoes provided with'projecting, elongated sockets, each of'said sockets engaging over an angular end of one of said shafts to combine therewith to form a telescoping standard, means for securing said sockets in adjusted positions relatively to said shaft ends, the intermediate portions of said shaftsbeing provided with crank portions, a link connecting the crank portions of said shafts, and manually operative means connected to the crank portion of one of said shafts for turning the shafts to move the brake "shoes into engagement with the ground.

2. A device as in claim 1, comprising contractile spring means connected to one of said cranks and to the motor vehicle for normally holding the brake shoes in raised, inoperative positions.

3. A device as in claim 1, each of said brake shoes having an elongated outwardly bowed forward and lower portion, said forward and lower portion being serrated and being arranged for in an operative position.

4. A device as in claim 1, comprising chains connected to certain of said sockets and to the motor vehicle for limiting the downward swinging movement of the brake shoes, said chains being of such a length as to prevent the standards from moving into upright positions to thereby prevent the standards from passing below the dead centers of the axles, beneath which they are mounted.

5. A device as in claim 1, said manually operative means including an upright shaft journaled in the motor vehicle and having one end disposed adjacent the operators seat thereof, a crank connected to said end for revolving said last mentioned shaft, a reel connected to the lower end of said shaft, a cable having one end wound on the reel, the opposite end of said cable being connected to the crank of one of said first mentioned shafts, for moving said first mentioned shafts in a direction for swinging the shoes downwardly, a ratchet wheel keyed to said last mentioned shaft, and a foot operated dog pivotally mounted adjacent the ratchet wheel for engaging the teeth thereof to prevent said last mentioned shaft from turning in a direction to allow the brake shoes to be swung upwardly, ex-

cept when the dog is moved to a released position. 20

6. A brake attachment for wheeled vehicles comprising bearing members connected to and depending from the front and rear axles of a wheeled vehicle, a shaft disposed beneath each of the axles and journaled in the bearing members connected thereto, said shafts having angularly projecting substantially parallel ends, ground engaging brake shoes provided with projecting, elongated sockets, each of said sockets engaging over an angular end of one of said shafts to combine therewith to form a telescoping standard, means for securing the sockets in adjusted positions relatively to the shaft ends, link means connecting the shafts to cause the angular ends thereof to swing as a unit, and manually operative means connected to one of the shafts for turning the shafts to move the brake shoes into engagement with the ground.

CLINTON NICHOL. 

